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HISTORY 



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EVERGREEN CEMETERY 



SINCLAIRVILLE, CHAUT. CO., N. Y., 



And Other Burial Grounds in its Vicinity. 



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LAWS. RULES, REGULATIONS, NAMES OE LOT- 
OWNERS, AND MAP. 

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Prepared by Obed Edson, under the direction of the Trustees of 
Evergreen^ emetery Association. 



■^Sinclairville, N. Y.: 
Press of The Commercial. 
1890. 






Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year i8go, 

By OBED EDSON, 
/// the Office of tJie Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



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INDEX 



Map facini;- Title Pac;c. 

Officers and Trustees for 1890, 

Trustees and Officers, .... 

Histor\-. 

The Pickett Burxint^" (jround. 

The Sinclairville Buryinj^" Ground. 

The Damon Brothers — Note. 

Greenwood. ...... 

Charlotte Center lUnyinc;- Ground, 
Burying Ground in District No. 2, (ierr\-, 
The Richmond Burying Ground, 
The Luce Family Burying Ground, 
Evergreen Cemetery, .... 

Organization, ...... 

Purchase of Grounds, .... 

Early Difficulties and Final Success, 
Addition to Grounds, .... 

Laying Out and Improving the Cirounds, 
Burial Lots, ...... 

Superintendents of the Ground, 
Improvements, ..... 

Soldiers' Monument, .... 

Conclusion of the Histor}', 
Laws, Rules, and Regulations, 
Respecting Burial Lots and Improvements, 
Respecting Interments, .... 

Respecting Visitors, .... 

.Section 647 of the Penal Code, 

List of Lot Owners, .... 

Errata, ....... 



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12 


15 


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19 


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25 


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32 


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Officers anb "(trustees. 



President, 
ALONZO LANGWORTHY. 

Vice-President, 
DANIEL B. DORSETT. 

Secretary, Treasurer, and Superintendent, 
HENRY A. KIRK. 



: : : Trustees. : : : 
Timothy D. Copp. Henry Reynolds. 

Daniel B. Dorsett. Henry A. Kirk. 

Alonzo Langworthy. Obed Edson. 



trustees anb Officers. 



The following are the names of the Trustees and Officers 
of the Association, from its origin to the present time : 

TRUSTEES. 



NAME. 



Bernard W. Field,. 
Timothy D. Copp, , . . 

John Dewey, 

Daniel I^. Dorsett, . 

William Wait, 

Alonzo Langworthy, 

Henry A. Kirk 

Obed Edson, 

Henry Reynolds,. . . 




time of service. 

Until his decease,May20,'84 
Until the present time. 
Until June 20, 1874. 
Until the present time. 
Until June 18, 1864. 
Until the present time. 
Until the present time. 
Until the present time. 
Until the present time. 



OFFICERS. 
Bernard W. Field, President from June 24, 1862, until his 

death. May 20, 1884. 
Alonzo Langworthy, President from June 21, 1884, until the 

present time. 
Daniel B. Dorsett, Vice-President from June 24, 1862, until 

the present time. 
John Dewey, Secretary from June 24, 1862, until he resigned, 

February 19, 1870. 
Alonzo Langworthy, Secretary from February 19, 1870, until 

June 17, 1871. 
Henry A. Kirk, Secretary from June 17, 1871, until the pres- 
ent time. 
John Dewey, Treasurer from June 24, 1862, until he resigned, 

February 19, 1870. 
Henry A. Kirk, Treasurer from February 19, 1870, until the 

present time. 
Bernard W. Field, Superintendent from May i, 1863, until 

his decease, May 20, 1884. 
Henry A. Kirk, Superintendent from May 24, 1884, until the 

present time. 
Thomas Horner. Sexton from May i, 1863, until June 18, 1864. 



H I S T O E T 



By OBED EDSON. 



fVERGREEN CEMETERY lies within the corporate 
limits of the village of Sinclairville; yet its situation is 
such as to seclude it from the localities around. It occu- 
pies a moderate eminence, which terminates a tongue of land 
that extends nearly across the valley of Mill Creek, crowding 
the waters of the stream into a narrow passage. A high and 
precipitous bank forms the southern boundary of the valley, 
and at the same time fixes the northern limit of the cemetery. 
Mill Creek, gathered into a pond, extends along the base of 
the bank, where its waters darkly gleam from out the shade of 
overhanging elms and willows. A steep bank bounds the 
cemetery on the west, along which a race, issuing from the 
pond, extends to an ancient grist-mill. A sharp declivity sub- 
stantially marks its southern limit. The cemetery is accessible 
without hinderancc from the east, where a village street lies 
between it and the pleasant fields beyond. 

It would be difficult to choose a burial place so convenient 
of access, with such interesting surroundings, and at the same 
time, a place of retirement so well suited to its sober uses. 
The wild gorge, partly hid by twisted birches and ragged hem- 
locks; the pond, dimly seen down deep in its shadows; the 
stream, the bridge that spans it, and the old mill, are pleasing 
objects, in harmony w^ith the peace and repose that pervades 
this abode of the dead. On every side are green fields and 
gently rising hills. As you look northward, through foliage 
that fringes this border of the cemetery, you have glimpses of 
the narrow, winding valley of Mill Creek, skirted with leafy 



6 HISTORY OF 

verdure, leading to the dimly-visible and far-away hills that 
overlook Lake Erie. Southward, and near at hand, lies the 
pleasant village; its handsome academy, flanked by church 
spires; its clean yards and painted houses, among shadows of 
elms and maples. Beyond the village, are meadows and pas- 
tures. Here the valley broadens away to the southwest, where 
the distant Ellery hills bound the view. 

In the midst of verdant fields and inviting scenes like these, 
would we consecrate the spot where the living may meet the 
dead. We would soothe our grief at the loss of friends by 
laying them to rest in pleasant places. Respect for the dead 
is an instinct of our race. With tender care we consign their 
remains to the earth. Even the erring and fallen, cold in death, 
command a respect which was denied them when living. The 
awe with which we behold the lifeless form of man, lately the 
tenement of exalted powers, the abiding place of an infinite 
spirit, potent for either good or for evil, is but homage paid to 
the dignity and nobility of the race. Reverence for the dead 
continues long after death. We hold the places where they 
are laid to rest, as hallowed ground. These consecrated acres 
grow more dear to us as the years go by, for those that once 
we knew grow less and less. One by one, our friends go to 
their final rest, and the green hillocks that cover their dust 
multiply in the burial places. 

•• Friend after friend departs. 
Who hath not lost a friend?" 

The custom of setting apart burial places for the dead, to 
be embellished with works of art, is not confined to civilized 
nations, or to modern times. It grows out of an universal sen- 
timent, existing in every age among all people. Nearly four 
thousand years ago, Abraham went to Hebron, in the land of 
Canaan, and purchased of Ephron, the Hittite, for four hun- 
dred shekels of silver, a burying place; a field in Machpelah, 
in which he buried Sarah his wife, who had died there among 
strangers. More than four thousand years ago, the pyramids 
of Ghizeh, the mightiest structures ever reared by human hands, 
were built in Egypt, as sepulchres for kings. Often, the most 
distinct traces left of the existence of once powerful nations, 
are elaborate catacombs, containing multitudes of dead; or the 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 7 

remains of mausoleums, built in honor of the great. Races un- 
known to history, that dwelt in distant corners of the earth, have 
left as the only evidence of their existence, tumuli erected over 
the bones of their dead. Even here, near this modern burial place, 
are the graves of a departed race. When the pioneers came, a 
crumbling earth-work, that had intrenched an old, forgotten 
town, encircled what is now the village green. On the same 
ground where now our youth assemble to practice feats of 
strength and skill, the young men of an older race once were 
accustomed to engage in ruder sports. In fields beyond the 
village, mouldering skeletons mark the spot where their dead 
were buried. The bones were sometimes found gathered pro- 
miscuously in one grave, and sometimes the dead were buried 
side by side at decent intervals, and with marks of care. 

These fading traces denote that here were rudely cultivated 
fields, an ancient village, and a strange and primitive people, 
who, rough and barbarous as they were, honored the dead. 
•' But they arc gone. 
With their old forests wide and deep, 
And we have built our homes upon 
Fields where their generations sleep. 

Their fountains slake our thirst at noon; 
Upon their fields our harvest waves; 

Our lovers woo beneath their moon — 
Then let us spare, at least, their graves!" 

History gives little account of this people, and we but dimly 
see their shadowy forms through the mists of years. A ven- 
erable forest has grown above their village and burial place 
since they vanished from viev/. The forest remained long un- 
visited, save by occasional wanderers of the tribes that suc- 
ceeded them, and the wild beasts that held dominion there, 
until at length the white man came to break the silence that 
had so long hung over it. 

The border line of settlement had been steadily moving 
westward, until the first year of the present century, when it 
reached the County of Chautauqua. In the spring of 1809, a 
few families commenced the first settlement of the town of 
Charlotte, in the northwest part, since known as the " Pickett 
Neighborhood." It was not long after these settlers had begun 
to rear their cabins there, and clear away the wilderness, that 



8 HISTORY OF 

death entered their midst. In the summer of 1810, the wife of 
Joseph Arnold, and her sister, Jerusha Barras, were taken sick 
with a fever. Not long after, in September of that year, Mrs. 
Arnold died, and on the day following, her sister also died. 
These were the first deaths that occurred in the town of Char- 
lotte. 

Mrs, Arnold and her sister were buried in one grave, on the 
land where they lived, now the farm owned by Chauncey Pier- 
pont. Their grave is still to be seen, and should be marked 
with an appropriate headstone. Short and simple were the 
funeral rites that attended this burial in the wilderness. No 
clergyman ministered to sorrowing friends; no church bell 
tolled for the march to the grave; the simple obsequies were 
performed amid the silence of the woods — among the tall and 
graceful forest trees. The lavish hand of Nature adorned 
their wilderness grave with the beautiful foliage of autumn, 
and the wild flowers of the woods. No ground had at that 
time been set apart for the burial of the dead. The sad and 
peculiar circumstances of the first deaths impressed upon the 
settlers the need of such a place. 



THE PICKETT BURYING GROUND. 

The Pickett Burying Ground was the first to be dedicated 
as a resting-place for the dead in the town of Charlotte. In 
the year 18 12, about one-fourth of an acre, on Lot 60, was set 
apart from the farm of John Pickett for that purpose. It is 
situated at the southeast corner of the four corners in School 
District No. i, and opposite the school house, in the "Pickett 
Neighborhood." It has now been in use for over seventy-seven 
years. Samuel, the father of John Pickett, and the ancestor of 
the Pickett and Cleland families of Charlotte, came to the 
town in 181 1. He died December 19, 1812, in the fifty-seventh 
year of his age, and he is believed to have been the first person 
buried there.* 

The oldest head-stone erected in the town is here, at the 
grave of Polly Anderson. She died December 23, 1813, in the 

*So says Darius Cleland, the oldest resident of that part of the town of 
Charlotte. 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. p 

forty-seventh year of her age. The grave-stone is the work of 
no mean artist, though made of rough material, quarried from 
the natural ledges of the county. The following lines are in- 
scribed upon it : 

"Withdraw my friends, 
Dry up your tears. 
For here I lie, 
Till Christ appears." 

Here lies buried Clarinda Atkins, who died December 20, 
181 5. She was the wife of Amos Atkins. He and Stephen 
Jones were the first settlers in the town of Gerry. Two soldiers 
of the Revolution are interred in this ground — ^John Cleland, 
Sr., who died February 16, 1827, and Caleb Clark, who died 
May 17, 1837. They were tiie ancestors of the Cleland and 
Clark families of Charlotte. John Pickett and John Cleland, 
Jr., well-known pioneers of the town, are also buried here. In 
all, about fifty-five persons are interred in this burial place. 
February 26, 1867, John Pickett, nearly fifty-five years after he 
dedicated it to the public, first executed a deed to "The com- 
munity of School District Number One, in the Tovv^n of Char- 
lotte, and ail others living in the surrounding towns wishing to 
use the same for burying purposes." It is designated in this 
deed as the " Pickett Burying Ground." Before the execution of 
the deed, at a town meeting held March 7, 1848, Eliakim Bar- 
num, John Pickett, and Robert P. Robertson had been elected 
trustees b}^ the inhabitants of the town, to have charge of the 
ground. 



THE SINCLAIRVILLE BURYING GROUND. 

The Sinclairville Burying Ground was the second place of 
interment set apart in the town of Charlotte. 

On the 20th of June, 1809, John Pickett, of the Pickett Set- 
tlement, piloted a party of pioneers down Mill Creek, and 
along the grounds afterwards selected for burial purposes at 
Sinclairville, to Cassadaga Creek. Here he felled a tree to en- 
able the party to cross. After pointing out the v/ay that led 
through the woods to the Smiley Settlement in EUery, he 
returned to his home. No v/liite man that we have any 
account of had visited the place now occupied by Sinclairville 



10 HISTORY OF 

prior to Mr, Pickett, except the surveyors of the Holland Land 
Company. They, in 1808, ran the northern line of Lot 41, 
which passed very near to the northern limits of the village 
burying ground and cemetery. 

In March, 1810, Major Sinclair, William Berry and his fam- 
ily, and some others arrived at Sinclairville, completed and 
occupied the first building erected in the village — a log house 
that had been commenced the fall before. The first clearing 
made here in this wilderness, was a tract of two or three acres 
that lay east and adjacent to the burying ground, which in June 
following was planted to corn. In the summer of 1810, a dam 
was thrown across Mill Creek, and a saw-mill built northwest 
of the cemetery, not a stone's throw from its western limits. 
It thus happens that the first openings in the forest at Sinclair- 
ville, and the first settlement of the village, were made close 
around this burial place. 

A little later, and improvements were commenced further 
away. Clearings began to be made, and buildings to be erected, 
on and near Main street, and along what is now Railroad ave- 
nue. The barren character of the soil where the burying 
ground and cemetery are located was undoubtedly the cause 
of its not having been selected for improvement, so that the 
thick forest and undergrowth of hemlocks, for several years 
after the settlement of the village, remained undisturbed, the 
natural habitation of rabbits and conies, which even to this 
day haunt the locality. 

No spot for burial purposes was allotted to the public for 
some time after the settlement of the village. The first settlers 
were hardy and vigorous people. But few died during the 
early years. The first death that occurred within the corporate 
limits of the village was that of Elisha Winsor, an infant son 
of Abraham Winsor, who then lived on Railroad avenue, just 
north of the town line. He died in 1814, four or five years 
after the settlement of the village. He was buried on the bank 
or hill, that rises a little west of the iron bridge over Mill 
creek, on Railroad avenue. Hiram Sinclair, an infant son of 
Major Sinclair, died in March, 1818. He was buried in a little 
grove of plum trees which then grew a few feet northwest of 
the hotel, near the east line of the village lot now owned by 
fames A. Clark. One or two other young children may have 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. ii 

died in the village, and been buried without the limits of what 
afterwards became the burial ground. 

About the year 1818, Mr. Sinclair set apart for the use of 
the public for burial purposes, two acres of land, substantially 
what is known as the Old Burying Ground. It occupies the 
southeasterly portion of the lands enclosed and improved as 
Evergreen Cemetery. It is not certainly known who was the 
first interred here. Many years ago, a young traveler on his 
arrival at Sinclairville, was prostrated by sickness. He was 
well cared for by Mrs. Sinclair at the tavern, and at the house 
of Dr. Sargent, but died after a lingering illness, and was buried 
in the Old Burying Ground. His grave was long known as the 
" Stranger's Grave." Upon a rude, unfinished head-stone, near 
the central and western part of the Old Burying Ground, is 
carved in distinct and well-formed letters, the following words, 
" Febr'y 28 1818." This is the oldest inscription in the 
grave-yard, and may mark the stranger's grave, and per- 
haps the place of the first burial. A few feet from it, 
is an old, uncut headstone without inscription, while a little 
way in another direction is a rude headstone, on which 
are cut the letters, " S. W." In the vicinity of these old 
stones are a number of unmarked graves, while others 
near them have at the head undressed stones, evidently 
gathered from the creeks and fields around, upon which usually 
there is no inscription. These undoubtedly are the oldest 
graves in the burial place, made before grave-stones, finished 
by workmen skilled in the business, could be readily procured. 
The first well authenticated burial made in this ground was 
that of two infant children of Sylvanus L. and Hannah Hender- 
son. They died January 26, 1820, and were buried in the Old 
Burying Ground when it was nearly covered with forest trees. 
The remains of these children were afterwards removed to the lot 
of W, W. Henderson in the new cemetery. Among the oldest 
graves is that of the infant son of Samuel Brunson, who died No- 
vember 21, 1821. In a conspicuous place, not far from the 
center of this old burial ground, is the grave of Major 
Samuel Sinclear, the founder of the village, and the 
person from whom it derives its name. He belonged to a 
distinguished family of New Hampshire. He was a near kins- 
man of Joseph Cilly, formerly United States Senator from New 



12 HISTORY OF 

Hampshire, and of Jonathan Cilly, who while a member of 
Congress from Maine, was killed in the celebrated duel with 
Graves of Kentucky. He was a kinsman of Gov. Benjamin F. 
Butler of Massachusetts. In his youth Major Sinclear was a 
soldier of the Revolution, in the regiment of his uncle, Col. 
Joseph Cilly, a distinguished officer of that war. Mr. Sinclear 
was in the battles at Saratoga that immediately preceded the 
surrender of Burgoyne. He was in the battle of Monmouth, 
and at Valley Forge. He served in the campaign against the 
Indians under Sullivan. At his grave is an ancient, but fine 
headstone, carved from the quarry stones of the county, and 
finished with skill and taste, scarcely equaled by any other in 
the burial ground.* 

On the same lot is buried his wife, Fanny Sinclear, and her 
mother, Thankful Bigalow, who died in the year 1839, at the 
age of 96 years, 1 1 months, and 8 days. Pioneers of the county 
lie buried here, in graves without head-stones, who have many 
descendants living in the locality of the burjnng ground. 
Among the earliest residents buried here, whose graves are 
marked, are Nathaniel Johnson, and Sylvanus L. Henderson 

*T]ii9, and several other fine grave-stones, in the Old Burying Ground, 
Avere made by the Damon brothers. The parents of the Damons came to 
the town of I'omfret in Cliautauqua County, in tiie year 181(5, with their 
four sons, Stephen, Martin, Joseph, and Nortli. The sons were rough, in- 
temperate men. They lived u])on a farm in the south part of Pomfret, 
near the residence of the late Elislia Norton, on tlie Old Chautauqua Road. 
Little is known about Steplien. He was a lialf-brotlier of the others. Mar- 
tin was a stone-cutter, and fashioned many of the grave-stones that are so 
numerously seen in the early biuial places of the county, particu- 
larly tiie old cemetery at Fredonia. These grave-stones are readily recog- 
nized by the style of the work, as well as the material out of which they 
are made. They are usually in a good state of preservation, and are valu- 
able as fine specimens of early skill. Martin carried on his business for a 
short time in a shoj) at, or near, the village of Fredonia. He was the most 
respectable of the family, and his work proves him to have lieen a mrui of 
ability in his business, possessing skill and taste. There is an unique and 
almost grotesque specimen of his work in the old cemetery at Fredonia. 
TT!)on an ancient stone, set at the grave of Capt. Thomas Abell, who died in 
1814, he has represented the Day of Judgment. The angel Gabriel is seatetl 
on a great cloud, with a trumpet nearly as long as his body, out of which 
issues the words, " Ye dead arise," " Come to judgment." Other angels are 
seated on the cloud, hiding their faces in their hands, as if weeping. Be- 
neath them, tombstones are represented as falling into confusion, and the 
dead, with bald heads, and curious, chubby faces, a])pear to be ascending 
out of opening graves. The execution of this rather remarkalile design is 
fine, much of tlie work being in high relief. The stone is fast going to de- 
cay. It would be well worth the trouble for those having the cemetery in 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 13 

his son-in-law, Abraham Reynodls, Samuel Hurley, Warren 
Dinglcy, John M. Brunson, Justus Torrey, John Sinclair, David 
Cobb, Melzer Sylvester, Lemira Camp, William M. Wagoner, 
Hannah Wagoner, and John McAlister, who died at the age of 
8S. He was the founder of the Baptist church in Sinclairville, 
and grand-father of Gen. John McAlister Schofield, the general 
highest in rank in the armies of the United States. Here are 
buried the Rev. Chester W. Carpenter, Rev. N. H. Barnes, and 
Rev. J. B. Gale, esteemed pastors of the Congregational 
Church in Sinclairville; Dr. Gilbert Richmond, and also Henry 
B. Hedges, young and skillful physicians — over the remains of 
the latter stands the first monument erected in the town; Al- 
bert Richmond and Elezer M. Peck, well known lawyers of Sin- 
clairville; Jarvis B. Rice, once Sheriff of Chautauqua, and John 
M. Edson, a v.'ell knov/n citizen, formerly a judge. He came 
to Sinclairville in 18 10, with the family of Major Sinclcar, his 
step-father. He v.-as prominent among the pioneers of the 
county. Among other well known persons burled here are 
James Williams, John Reed, Ulysses Tracy, David Sinclear, 
Henry Kirk, Elizabeth Hedges, Jonathan Hedges, Asa Dunbar, 
William Strong, Ebenczer Skinner, Caleb J. Allen, David Sack- 
ctt, John Thorn, Ebenczer and Erasmus Brown, Anna Brunson, 



charge to preserve a fae simile of this curious piece of workmanship as a 
relic of the past. 

It is told of JMiirLiu, who had a ready and sarcastic wit, that a leading 
Fredonia physician wlio saw him at work, jocosely asked him if it was his 
custom to letter the grave-stones l)efore the person for whom they were 
intended had died. Martin grimly replied, " Not unless I hear he is your 
patient." 

Joseph quarried the stone on the farm, from the quarry still known as 
the Damon quarry. On tlie 24th of April, 1834, he couunitted murder upon 
the person of his wife. He was tried at Muyville in September of the same 
year. He was ably defended by James Mullet of Fredonia, one of the most 
talented and eloquent lawyers in Western New York. He was convicted, 
and hung at Mayville, May 15, 1835. This was the tirst execution for a 
capital ((ifeiise in the county. It occurred in the open field, in the presence 
f)f a large concourse of spectators. It was regarded as a prominent event in 
the early history of the county, and a deep impression was made upon the 
many people who witnessed the melancholy scene. The skull of Mrs. Da- 
mon, and the iron bar with which the murder v.-as committed, are now in 
the possession of lOlias Forbes of Fredoni.a. Joseph left two children. 

Soon after his brother's execution, North Damon went to Canada. Sub- 
sequently dark rumors came back, tliat he too had been executed for mur- 
der. Martin died soon after the death of Joseph. 

I am indebted for numy of these facts respecting the Damons, to Hon. 
E. F. Warren. O. E. 



14 HISTORY OF 

Nelson Mitchell, John Arnold, Isaac Newton, Susan Marsden, 
Henry Smale, a citizen of Cuba, West Indies, Dr. Samuel Par- 
ker, and Robert LeGrys. 

Although the land constituting the Old Burying Ground 
was fully dedicated to the public, and for many years actually 
used as a burial place, yet no written conveyance was made of 
it by Major Sinclear in his life-time. Upon a carefully pre- 
pared map of the village of Sinclairville, made by Simeon 
Clinton, May lo, 1836, is accurately delineated all of the vil- 
lage lots, including that of the Old Burying Ground, giving the 
length and bearing of its boundary lines. Upon a still older 
map, the burying ground appears, carefully plotted with res- 
pect to its dimensions and boundary lines, while upon the ear- 
liest plot of the village that has been preserved it is not delin- 
eated. The first conveyance of these grounds made to the 
public was by deed bearing date March 3d, 1849, executed by 
Elias S. and Jonathan Hedges, and Lucy his wife, to "John 
Reed, John M. Brunson, and Nelson Mitchell, trustees, duly 
appointed by the town of Charlotte, to superintend the burying 
ground situate near the village of Sinclairville." Subsequently 
the boundary line of the old burying place was slightly changed 
by the conveyance of a small portion of its grounds to Richard 
D. Sherman, in exchange for a strip of land nearly twenty feet 
in width, extending along its western limits. The ground was 
regularly surveyed, and divided into lots, probably not long 
after it was dedicated to the public, but during many years 
afterwards, no one exercised any special authority over it. 
Nothing was charged for lots. People buried their dead where 
they chose, and no inconvenience or misunderstanding resulted. 
Such money and labor as was expended to keep the grounds 
in order, was raised by subscription. A sufficient amount was 
raised in this manner, at one time, to build a good and sub- 
stantial board fence around it. No one regularly served as 
sexton. The graves were dug by such persons as happened to 
be at hand. At a town meeting held March 7, 1848, John Reed, 
John M. Brunson, and Nelson Mitchell were chosen trustees. 
These were the first persons who had lawful authority to exer- 
cise control over it. At a town meeting held March 6, 1849, 
Isaac Newton was also chosen trustee. For many years, Har- 
rison Nichols was usually employed to dig the graves, and per- 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 15 

form some of the duties of sexton. At a town meeting held 
February 21, 1865, the Board of Trustees of Evergreen Ceme- 
tery were duly elected trustees of the burial ground, and at a 
meeting of the Board of Trustees of Evergreen Cemetery, 
held April i, 1865, B. W. Field was elected Superintendent of 
the burial ground, and John Dewey its Secretary and Treasurer. 



GREENWOOD. 

About two miles southwest of Sinclairville, is one of the 
earliest places set apart for the burial of the dead, in the central 
part of the county. It is near what was once known as the 
Barnes Place, in the northeast corner of the town of Ellery, 
close to Cassadaga creek, and not far from a pleasant natural 
grove of original forest trees. It was in use from the earliest 
period of settlement by the people who reside upon Pickard 
street, in Ellery, and upon the town-line road between Ellery 
and Gerry, and in South Stockton, and by some who resided 
in the vicinity of Sinclairville. Over three hundred burials 
have been made here. The earliest inscription is that upon an 
old head-stone at the grave of Margaret Love, who died Feb- 
ruary 3, 1823. Among those best known, interred in this 
ground, are John Pickard, a soldier of the Revolution; Elisha 
Tower, John Love, Jared Nicholson, Zaccheus Norton, Peter 
Pickard, a soldier of the war of 1812, Abel Brunson, Levi Love, 
John Tompkins. 

Inscribed upon the headstones in this grave-yard are the 
names of many well known families in this part of the county. 
Among them frequently appears the name of Pickard, Love, 
Becker, Denike, Stom, Vanderwakcr, Lenox, Patterson, Brun- 
son, Norton, Demott, Rogers, Carpenter, Tompkins, Denison, 
Rooker, Kibbe, Tefft, VVoodworth, Putnam, White and Burns. 

This burial ground has been enlarged from time to time, 
and now contains about two and one-half acres. The present 
trustees are Arkinzo Norton, Asa Tefft, and James Becker. 
Arkinzo Norton is the superintendent. 



CHARLOTTE CENTER BURYING GROUND. 

The third death, and the first male person who died in the 
town of Charlotte, was Barnabas Cole. He died in the year 



i6 HISTORY OF 

1811, and was buried at Charlotte Center, then a little settle- 
ment deep in the woods which had been commenced in 1809, a 
little later than the settlement in the Pickett neighborhood, 
and a little earlier than that at Sinclairville. It is not certainly 
known where Cole's remains were interred. It is believed, 
however, that he was buried within the limits of what was 
afterwards set apart as the burial place at Charlotte Center. 
The burying ground consists of two acres or more, situated on 
the west side of the highway, about forty rods south of the in- 
tersection of the roads at the center of the town, in which 
about four hundred and fifty people are buried at this time. 
The oldest grave-stone in the burial place is that at the grave 
of Betsey C, daughter of Jabez and Mary Beardsley, who died 
February 12, 1831, aged nine years. A monument is erected 
here to the memory of Alonzo W, Cross, the first soldier repre- 
senting the tov/n of Charlotte to fall in the war of the Rebellion. 
He was instantly killed in the thick of the conflict in the battle 
of Malvern Hill, July ist, 18G2, Upon his monument arc in- 
scribed the lines: 

" No more the trumpet's martial sound 
Shall summon him to meet his foes. 

Nor war's deep thunder echoing round. 
Disturb him in his last repose." 
Many of the pioneers, and most prominent of the early res- 
idents of the town, are buried in this burial place. Among 
them Robert W. Seaver, a soldier of the Revolution, and the 
first settler at Charlotte Center; Randolph W. Seaver, his son; 
Elijah Carter, a soldier of the Revolution, was probably buried 
in this ground; Stephen Lyman, Samuel Vaughn, and Samuel 
Cleland, soldiers of the last war with England; the brothers 
Calvin, Luther, Nathan, and Daniel Lake, among the best 
known and most respected citizens of the town; Aaron Hall, 
Nathan Penhollow, Addison Lake, Hiram and A. W. Straight; 
also Thomas Pearson and William Wright, natives of England; 
James Houston and Hugh Harper, natives of Ireland; David 
George, and James Williamson, and David Rose, natives of 
Scotland. The latter was more than seven years a soldier in 
the British Army. He served in the 93d Highlanders. He 
arrived at the battle ground at Waterloo, with his regiment, 
just as the great connict terminated. He served under Pack- 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. ly 

enham at the battle of New Orleans, and soon after was honor- 
ably discharged, his time having expired. He returned to his 
native country, and later took up his home in Charlotte. 



BURYING GROUND IN DISTRICT NO. 2, GERRY. 

About the year 1828, the Holland Land Company conveyed 
to William Alverson, Stoddart Cannon, and James Schofield, 
grandfather of Gen. John M. Schofield, as trustees and mem- 
bers of the Methodist society in Gerry, one hundred acres of 
land on Lot 53, situate a little northwest of the center of the town. 
In 1829, or soon after, with the proceeds of the sale of a por- 
tion of it, a Methodist meeting house was built. It stood upon 
this land, on the west side of the highway, about two miles 
south of Sinclairville. Adjacent to it a burying ground, con- 
sisting of about one-third of an acre, was at the time set apart 
from this tract and dedicated to the public. The church was 
the first built in the Cassadaga Valley, and one of the first 
Methodist meetinghouses in Chautauqua county. Long since, 
it has passed away, as have the earnest and faithful fathers of 
the little society that built it. They sleep in the burial place 
near the spot where the church so dear to them was reared. 
Previous to the building of the church, there had been three 
deaths in this community — John McCullough, who died in 
May, 1827, and his nephew John McCullough, who died in 
November of the same year, and a child of Chauncey Shaw. 
They were first buried a little distance from the church site, 
on Lot 46, near to its south line, on land now owned by John 
Heminger. After the dedication of the burial ground, they 
were disinterred and buried there. The oldest grave stone is 
a Damon stone, erected at the grave of Roany Scott, who died 
January 31st, 1829. Of the early members of this society of 
Methodists, whose influence was so long felt in the town of 
Gerry, are buried in this place, James R. Alverson, his wife 
Damaris, and his brother William, Gilbert Strong, who died at 
the age of ninety-two. Here also are buried John McCullough, 
James Langworthy, Robert Lenox, James Heath, David Strong, ' 
James Woods, Dr. Japtha L. Heminger, David Cowden, Eph- 
raim Belknap, and Samuel Woods, the last four soldiers of the 
war of 18 1 2. Charles Lenox, a soldier of the war of the Rebel- 



1 8 HISTORY OF 

lion, is buried here. Among those here interred is Susannah 
Woods, who died June 15, 1873, at the advanced age of one 
hundred years, eight months, and twenty-two days. In all 
there are about eighty interments in the ground. 

THE RICHMOND BURYING GROUND. 
Deacon Ezra Richmond came to Sinclairville from Wind- 
ham Co., Vt., about 1 81 7. He set apart from his farm, which 
lies just out of the corporate limits of the village of Sinclair- 
ville, about five-sixths of an acre for burial purposes, asking no 
compensation. July 2, i860, he executed a deed of the ground 
in trust to Merlin Wagoner, Charles H. Blanchard, and Orren 
Robertson. Until his decease, he took much interest in pre- 
serving these grounds properly. They lie upon the south side 
of the road leading from Sinclairville to Ellington, about half 
a mile east of the bounds of the former village. They arc novv' 
in very good condition, surrounded by a fence v/ith stone posts, 
and numerous thrifty maple trees. The oldest grave-stone is 
that erected at the grave of Zilphia Goodrich, who died No- 
vember 12, 1836, aged thirty-six. About fifty-live persons have 
been buried here, most of them members of the families of 
Richmond, Brown, Brunson, Cutting, Baker, Wagoner, and 
Blanchard, who were nearly all of th.em residents along the 
highway leading from Sinclairville to Ellington. Among the 
buried are Deacon Ezra Richmond and his v/ife Clarissa, An- 
thony Brown, Moulton Blanchard, Stephen Freeman who died 
at the age of ninety years, and George Wade. 



THE LUCE FAMILY BURYING GROUND. 

The only private burial ground in the town of Charlotte is 
the Luce Family Burying Ground, on the east side of the high- 
v/ay, about two and half miles north of Charlotte Center, in 
which five persons have been buried. It consists of about an 
eighth of an acre of the farm owned by William Luce at his 
decease. It was set apart for such use by the members of the 
family of William Luce, an early settler in this part of the 
town. He died February 27, 1S67, and is buried there. His 
wife Lydia Luce, who died March 26, 1S6S, is also buried there. 
The first interment was made June 5, 1S66, of Elmer D., a 
child of Nelson Luce. The deed by which it was dedicated 
to its uses was executed October 5, 1870. 



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Evergreen Cemetery. 

The history thus far given of early burial places in Chau- 
tauqua County, may seem inappropriate in a work purporting 
to relate solely to Evergreen Cemetery. The people, however, 
who dwell in its vicinity, are interested in the burial places that 
preceded it, where lie their ancestors, their neighbors, and 
those whom once they knew. It is for these persons that the 
foregoing was prepared. The present opportunity is improved 
chiefly to preserve a record of these early burials and burial 
places. 

The first places of burial in Chautauqua County were usu- 
ally much neglected. It was not, however, through want of 
affection by the early settlers for departed friends that this 
was so. The pioneers as sacredly cherished the memory of 
their dead as do we of the present generation. They were 
poor, and the first step necessary to make for themselves 
homes, was to remove the formidable forests that stood every- 
where around. The first process in clearing the land left the 
fields disfigured with stumps, and blackened logs, and conse- 
quently they were obliged to select for the sacred purposes of 
burial, unpromising places with forbidding surroundings. It 
was not practicable for them to even make such places pleasant, 
much less to adorn them. They had so little to encourage a 
taste for beautifying their burial grounds that they too often 
permitted them to grow up to weeds and briars. However, as 
circumstances grew more favorable, they began to care for the 
resting places of the dead. 



20 HISTORY OF 

ORGANIZATION. 

Although the Old Burial Ground at Sinclairville was less 
neglected than most others, certain public-spirited citizens of 
the village, among whom were Alonzo Langworthy, B. W. 
Field, and John Dewey, saw that a decent respect for the dead 
demanded that more care should be taken of the graves than 
it had been common to bestow, Moreover, it was found im- 
possible to procure title to the lots, and it was seen also, that 
the greater frequency of the burials would soon render the Old 
Burying Ground inadequate. Accordingly, a meeting was held 
by some of the citizens of the village at the office of Obed 
Edson, June 21, 1862, for the purpose of organizing an associ- 
ation under the " act authorizing the incorporation of rural 
cemetery societies, passed April 27, 1847." More than seven 
persons were in attendance as required by the act. B. W. 
Field was called to the chair, and John Dewey was chosen sec- 
retary. On motion of Alonzo Langworthy, it was resolved 
that the name by which the Association should be known 
should be " Evergreen Cemetery." Six trustees were chosen: 
Timothy D. Copp, John Dewey, William Wait, Bernard W. 
Field, Daniel B. Dorsett, and Alonzo Langworthy. Bernard 
W. Field was chosen President; Daniel B. Dorsett, Vice-Presi- 
dent, and John Dewey, Secretary and Treasurer. 

PURCHASE OF GROUNDS. 

June 26, 1862, about one and three-quarters acres of land, 
lying north and adjoining the town cemetery, was purchased 
for the sum of one hundred dollars, and conveyed to the trus- 
tees by John M. Brunson and Hawley Green. The grounds 
bounded on the north by the pond at high-water mark, and 
lands of F. Holtz, east by the highway, south by the town bur- 
ial ground, and west by the continuation of the west bounds of 
the town burial ground, northwest to the old Drummond Pond. 
This ground was laid out into lots, and mapped. Walks and 
drives were made, and shrubbery was set out. By the faithful 
attention and the skill of Mr. Field, the President and acting 
Superintendent, the grounds were soon changed from a barren 
hemlock knoll, to green lawns, adorned with tastefully-trimmed 
shrubbery. 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 21 

EARLY DIFFICULTIES AND FINAL SUCCESS. 
At first, the Association encountered much opposition. 
Some respectable people seemed to believe that it was a spec- 
ulation entered into for gain, while others assumed that it was 
to draw a distinction between citizens in the community, by 
providing better places of burial for some than others. Against 
these unjust prejudices the Association for a while had to con- 
tend. Upon the suggestion of Mr. Langworthy, one of the 
first steps taken was to remove the fence that separated the 
new cemetery from the old groufid, making the two one burial 
place. All parts of the ground thereafter received equal atten- 
tion. The members of the Association loaned it money and 
gave their time towards its development. By prudent and 
wise management, the Association has been made self-sustain- 
ing, kept out of debt, and has a handsome balance in the 
treasury. This has been accomplished without the aid of con- 
tributions from the public. The members of the Association 
have never asked for nor received donations from any source 
whatever. As improvements were made, and the grounds 
became more and more attractive, those who had early opposed 
it, became the most desirous to obtain choice lots within the 
new grounds, and finally all opposition ceased, and the ceme- 
tery became an object of general pride. 

ADDITION TO GROUNDS. 
The demand for lots became so great that the necessity of 
acquiring new grounds became apparent, accordingly, for the 
sum of five hundred dollars the Association purchased of John 
M. Brunson and Hawley Green, a nmch larger tract, which ad- 
joined the cemetery and old burying ground. The new purchase 
included the territory bounded on the north and west by the 
pond and the race issuing from it, and south by a line extend- 
ing from the southwest corner of the cemetery to the race. It 
was surveyed and plotted, and a field of briars and thorns soon 
transformed into a lawn, with walks and drives, and burial lots. 
June ig, 1872, Hawley Green and Sheldon M. Hall, for the sum 
of two hundred dollars conveyed to the Association a consid- 
erable tract, bounded on the north by the last mentioned pur- 
chase, east by the lots of Richard D. Sherman and Martin B. 
Craw, south by the highway known upon the map of the village 



22 HISTORY OF 

as Water street, and westerly by lines extending a little dis- 
tance easterly of the race. This purchase includes a portion 
of the south slope of the hill or eminence upon which the cem- 
etery is situated, extending the bounds of the cemetery to the 
highway, where a gateway was subsequently erected, and a 
southern entrance to the grounds established January i, 1886. 
S. M. Hall, and the estate of Hawley Green, for the consider- 
ation of one hundred dollars, conveyed a small strip of land 
adjacent to the last above described piece, which extends the 
limits of the southern portion 4)f the cemetery westerly to the 
race below the mill, and widens the front of the grounds along 
Water street, so that the boundaries of Evergreen Cemetery, 
including the Old Burying Ground, comprise about eight 
acres of land. 

LAYING OUT AND IMPROVING THE GROUNDS. 

Soon after the purchase of the two first mentioned tracts, 
they were laid out by Mr. Langworthy, and the Superintendent, 
Mr. Field, assisted by Obed Edson, who surveyed and made 
maps of each tract as it was acquired. John M. Edson, jr., 
afterwards made a map of all the grounds belonging to the 
cemetery, including also the old burial grounds surveyed by 
him for that purpose. A lithographed copy of his map, re- 
duced in size, accompanies this sketch. 

It was only proposed when the Association was formed, to 
provide a moderate addition to the old burying ground, to sup- 
ply an immediate local want. The first purchase of land com- 
prised less than two acres. With so small a tract at their dis- 
posal, the founders of the cemetery were obliged to sacrifice, 
to some extent, their views of what a cemetery should be. 
And when subsequent additions were made, the territory was 
still so small in extent, and the number of burials so rapidly 
increased, that they were unable to wholly conform their plans 
to the natural beauties of the situation. Widely sweeping 
drives and walks, and ornamental areas, such as the natural 
features of the ground justified, would have required too lavish 
an appropriation of space. The Association have, however, in 
laying out the lots, avoided the stiff and straight lines of the 
conventional burying grounds of the past, and have, upon the 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 23 

steep sides and outer limits of the ground, preserved its natu- 
ral beauty undisturbed. 

The moderate limits of the cemetery, also influenced to 
some extent, the selection of the evergreen as the prevailing 
shrubery. That being better adapted to limited areas, by rea- 
son of its compact growth. The artificial style of training 
would have been unjustifiable in more ample grounds, as un- 
natural, and in violation of correct taste, but is here compelled 
by the narrow space alloted to its growth. The faithful care 
bestowed by Mr. Field, the late Superintendent, and Mr. Kirk, 
his successor, in the cultivation of trees and shrubs ; the close 
and skillful training required to prevent the branches from 
overshadowing the crowded lots, has resulted in a marvelous 
density and beauty of evergreen foliage. 

BURIAL LOTS. 

The burial lots are laid out in various sizes, so that all per- 
sons can be suited in the quantity of the ground, as well as in 
location. Grading and putting lots in shape is done by the As- 
sociation, so that the grade may harmonize with the general 
features of the particular locality. The prices of the lots 
vary with the desirableness of the location. Those who desire 
to secure but a single grave can do so without purchasing 
more ground, as the Association has set aside good eligible 
ground for that purpose. 

SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE GROUND. 
Bernard W. Field died May 20th, 1884. He had been Presi- 
dent and Superintendent of the Association for twenty-two 
years. During this period, encouraged and supported by the 
trustees and officers of the Association, through his assiduity, 
and remarkable skill in training the shrubbery, and his care of 
the lawn, this barren, arid promontory, became a place of 
beauty. He gave it not merely his official attention, but 
bestowed upon it constant personal labor, for which he re- 
ceived but a modest compensation. Since the death of Mr. 
Field, under the careful supervision and constant attention of 
Mr. Kirk, the present Superintendent, the cemetery has been 
made more beautiful each year, until now it is unsurpassed by 
any in Western New York. 



^4 HISTORY OF 

IMPROVEMENTS. 
Further improvements and embellishments are contemplat- 
ed, which in process of time will undoubtedly be made. 
Among other improvements a receiving vault, and the means 
for more perfectly supplying the grounds with water, are con- 
templated. The elevated situation of the cemetery, its irreg- 
ular and diversified surface, render it dry and adapted to drain- 
age, fitting it for the purposes for which it was designed, as 
well as greatly enhancing its beauty. 

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. 

A most beautiful and striking situation can be chosen for a 
soldiers' monument, which ought at once to be erected, to 
perpetuate the memory of those interred here who fell or 
served in the defense of their country. There is no spot in all 
the country around that will warrant the erection of so fine, so 
costly a monument, as this. It is central, easy of access, and 
constantly visited — frequently by people from abroad, drawn 
here by the reputation the cemetery bears. 

Many soldiers are buried in the old and new ground. The 
following were soldiers of the Revolution: Samuel Sinclear 
and Nathaniel Johnson. The latter participated in the battles 
that resulted in the capture of Burgoyne. 

The following were soldiers in the last war with England: 
Sergeant Joel Burnell, who served at the battle of Buffalo; 
John McAllister, Sylvanus L. Henderson, Jesse Walker, John 
Sinclear, James Parsons, John Bowen, and Richard G. Burlin- 
game. 

The following soldiers of the Rebellion are buried here: 
Sergeant Hiram Waterman, of the 49th N. Y. Vols. He was 
killed October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek. Sergeant Caleb J. 
Allen, of the 4th Iowa Cavalry. He participated in the siege 
of Vicksburg, was afterwards taken prisoner by the Confeder- 
ates, and confined in both Belle Isle and Libby prisons. His 
health was so impaired by sickness and hardship that he died 
Jan. 2, 1864, soon after his release. Sergeant Charles H. Brown, 
of the 154th N. Y. Vols. He died December 7, 1864, near 
Springfield, Ga. Also Silas L. Bennett, Daniel Kelly, Cyrus 
W. Torry, Benjamin F. Gossett, Leland A. Kirk, Roswell W. 
Graves, Edward Richmond, Georpc A. Richmond, George A. 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 25 

Clark, and Jonathan Ames. A memorial stone has also been 
erected in the grounds in honor of Sergeant William J. Allen, 
of the 145th N. Y. Vols, He was killed at the'battle of Chan- 
celorsville, October 19, 1864. In Evergreen Cemetery is bur- 
ied Harriett E. Johnson, a daughter of Thomas Hart of Char- 
lotte. She went to serve with the Union Army as a nurse to 
the sick and wounded soldiers. She died at Suffolk, Va., 
March 28, 1863, aged but twenty-one years. 

CONCLUSION. 

Many well known citizens are buried in the cemetery, whose 
names are not here given. They often appear, however, in the 
list of lot owners given below. Perez Dewey, an early and 
prominent merchant of Sinclairville, was the first to be interred 
in the new grounds. He died November 13, 1861, and was 
buried in the old burying ground. His body was removed, 
and interred in the cemetery October 16, 1862. The second 
interment was that of Arthur Sylvester, an infant child of 
James Sylvester, who was buried December 12, 1862. In all, 
102 1 persons are interred in the cemetery — 722 in the old, and 
299 in the new. A greater number lie buried in this sanctuary 
of the dead, than people the living village beside it. Here 
rest our friends — our nearest and dearest ones. Here we our- 
selves at last must lie. Indeed, how many heart strings bind 
us to this hallowed spot. How strong the impulse to embellish 
and adorn it, to plant a rose, or rear a stone, above the dust of 
a departed friend. To believe that we are to be laid to rest in 
some barren field, in a neglected grave, leads to gloomy 
thoughts, and inspires us with dismal themes: 

"To talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs. 
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes, 
Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth." 

While to know that we are to He among pleasant shades, 
with fragrant flowers, green hills, and blooming fields around, 
reconciles us, even to the grave, and takes away the dread of 
death. We fancy if at last the couch is soft, it will bring 
sweet slumber and pleasant dreams, in the sleep that knows no 
waking. 

The wish that we may rest at last in some attractive spot, 



26 HISTORY OF 

amid cheerful sights and sounds, where our graves may be 
ever green, finds beautiful expression in Bryant's lines to June: 

"I gazed upon the glorious sky 

And the green mountains round; 
And thought that when I came to lie 

At rest within the ground, 
'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, 
When brooks send up a cheerful tune, 

And groves a joyous sound. 
The sexton's hand my grave to make. 
The rich, green mountain turf should break. 

A cell within the frozen mould, 

A coffin borne through sleet. 
And icy clods above it rolled. 

While fierce the tempest beat — 
Away! — I will not think of these — 
Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, 

Earth green beneath the feet. 
And be the damp mould gently pressed 
Into my narrow place of rest. 

There through the long, long summer hours. 

The golden light should lie, 
And thick young herbs, and groups of flowers. 

Stand in their beauty by. 
The oriole should build, and tell 
His love-tale close beside my cell; 

The idle butterfly 
Should rest him there, and there be heard 
The housewife bee and humming-bird. 

And what if cheerful shouts at noon 

Come, from the village sent, 
Or songs of maids, beneath the moon 

With fairy laughter blent? 
And what if in the evening light, 
Bethrothed lovers walk in sight 
• Of my low monument? 

I would the lovely scene around 
Might know no sadder sight nor sound. 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 27 

I know, I know I should not see 

The season's glorious show, 
Nor would its brightness shine for me. 

Nor its wild music flow; 
But if, around my place of sleep. 
The friends I love should come to weep, 

They might not haste to go. 
Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloom, 
Should keep them lingering by my tomb. 

These to their softened hearts should bear 

The thought of what has been. 
And speak of one who cannot share 

The gladness of the scene; 
Whose part, in all the pomp that fills 
The circuit of the summer hills. 

Is — that his grave is green; 
And deeply would their hearts rejoice 
To hear again his living voice." 



!8 HISTORY OF 



Laws, Rules, Regulations 

OF EVERGREEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. 



RESPECTING ELECTION AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. I. At the first legal meeting of the members of Ever- 
green Cemetery Association, six Trustees were chosen and 
divided into three classes, and numbered one, two, and three, 
each class consisting of two Trustees. The first class is to 
serve one year; the second class two, and the third class three 
years, and until successors are duly elected and appointed. In 
case of a vacancy in the office of either of the Trustees during 
the period for which he or they have been respectively elected, 
the person or persons chosen or appointed to fill such vacancy 
shall hold the office only for the unexpired term. Hereafter 
two trustees shall be chosen annually, and shall hold their 
office for three years. 

Sec. 2. The annual meeting of the lot owners of Evergreen 
Cemetery Association for the election of Trustees and transac- 
tion of other business, shall be held on the third Saturday of 
June in each year, at such hour and place as the Trustees shall 
direct, and the Secretary shall cause notice to be given of 
such annual meeting, by posting in conspicuous places in the 
town of Charlotte, at least three printed or written notices of 
the same, at least five days previous to the appointed time. 

Sec. 3. The Trustees shall hold a meeting on the day of 
the annual election, or within ten days thereafter, at which 
time they shall appoint from among their number, a Presi- 
dent, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Super- 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 2g 

intendent. The Trustees may appoint a Sexton from time to 
time, as occasion may require. 

Sec. 4. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 
Trustees, and shall call meetings of the Board whenever he 
shall deem it necessary, or whenever requested to do so by two 
of the Trustees. In his absence the Vice-President shall pre- 
side, and in the absence of both, the Board shall fill the 
vacancy pro ton. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep all minutes of the Board 
of Trustees, and all books of registry and record. 

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due the 
Association, and pay out the same on the order of the Presi- 
dent, countersigned by the Secretary. He shall render an ac- 
count of the state of the finances of the Association for each 
year, to be exhibited at the annual meeting, and to the Board 
of Trustees whenever requested so to do. He shall also have 
custody of the seal of the Association, all books of accounts, 
title deeds, receipts, or vouchers, and all papers and documents 
of every kind pertaining to the financial affairs of the Associa- 
tion. 

Sec. 7. The Superintendent shall be charged with the gen- 
eral care of the grounds, under the direction of the Board of 
Trustees, and have custody of all the property of the Associa- 
tion which may be on the premises, and discharge the duties 
of General Superintendent. He shall, whenever requested by 
the Treasurer, or required by an order from any three of the 
Trustees, and in any event as often as once in three months, 
pay over to the Treasurer all funds in his hands belonging to 
the Association, specifying in writing from whom and for what 
received, and take the Treasurer's receipt for the same. It 
shall be his duty to see that all plans for improving and em- 
bellishing the Cemetery are carried out; and generally to take 
care that the provisions of the laws of the State applicable to 
cemeteries, and the by-laws and regulations of the Associa- 
tion are enforced. He shall have a map of the Cemetery 
grounds, their avenues, walks, and lots, with their numbers, 
and shall cause the boundaries of the lots, avenues and walks 
to be preserved. 

Sec. 8. Any person who shall feci aggrieved by the action 
of the Superintendent in the laying out or grading of lots, 



JO HISTORY OF 

borders or avenues, or in setting of trees and shrubbery in or 
around lots, may appeal to the Board of Trustees, the decision 
of a majority of whom shall be final. All appeals to the Trus- 
tees must be made in writing. 

Sec. 9. The Trustees shall constitute and be a Board of 
Auditors, and may audit accounts at any annual or special 
meeting of the same. 

RESPECTING BURIAL LOTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 

Sec. I. The land of Evergreen Cemetery shall be divided 
into lots or plots of such size and shape, and be distinguished 
by such numbers or description as the Superintendent may 
deem most appropriate, or as the Trustees may direct. Pur- 
chasers, in the selection of lots, may choose from all unsold 
ground which has been thus divided, excepting those lots 
reserved for especial purposes. 

Sec. 2. All lots sold shall be held in pursuance of acts 
passed by the Legislature of this State, relating to rural ceme- 
teries, and shall not be used for any other purpose than as 
places for the burial of the dead. 

Sec. 3. Previous to possession being given, or grave dug, or 
interment made on any lot, a deed or location certificate there- 
for, in the form established by the Trustees, must be duly 
executed, and delivered to and accepted by the purchaser. 

Sec. 4. Any person holding a deed or location certificate 
may transfer and convey his or her interest so far as such transfer 
is allowed by the Laws of the State of New York in relation to 
rural cemeteries; but no such transfer shall be valid until the 
person transferring shall sign a memorandum of such transfer 
on some book of the Association appropriated or used for such 
purpose. 

Sec. 5. The price established for lots at present is five 
cents per superficial foot. Prominent points requiring peculiar 
improvements will be sold only in form and dimensions and at 
such prices as the Trustees may afiix. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of proprietors of lots to place 
and keep in repair permanent land marks of their respective 
boundaries; and all enclosures of lots must be made on the lots 
themselves, without intruding upon roads, walks or alleys. 
Railings of iron, stone, marble, or iron posts v.'ith iron bars or 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 31 

chains, and properly trained hedges, may be used for enclos- 
ure of lots, but no wooden structures will be allowed within or 
around any lot. 

Sec. 7. The proprietor of a lot may erect any proper sepul- 
chral structure thereon. Any slab placed in a perpendicular 
position must be set in a permanent socket of stone, with a 
stone foundation properly laid a sufficient depth below the sur- 
face of the ground to secure its permanency. In case of large 
and heavy monuments the foundation must be sunk at least 
four feet into the ground. 

Sec. 8. If there shall be placed in or upon any lot, monument, 
effigy, enclosure, or any structure whatsoever, or any inscrip- 
tion, which shall be determined by a major part of the Trustees 
to be offensive, improper, or injurious to the appearance of the 
surrounding lots or grounds, the said Trustees shall have a right, 
and it shall be their duty, to enter upon said lot, and to cause 
the improper object or objects to be removed. 

Sec. 9. Proprietors may cultivate trees, shrubs, and other 
plants upon their respective lots, but no tree growing upon any 
lot or border, whether originally there or planted by the pro- 
prietor, shall be cut down or otherwise destroyed or injured 
without the consent of the Superintendent. 

Sec. 10. If any tree, shrub, or other plant, by means of its 
roots, branches or otherwise, shall become detrimental, dan- 
gerous, or inconvenient to the adjacent lots, walks or avenues, 
the Superintendent, directed by the Trustees, or a major part 
of them, shall have the right, and it shall be his duty, to enter 
said lot, and remove the said tree, shrub or plant, or such part 
or parts thereof as may mar the effect and beauty of the 
scenery, or as may be deemed detrimental, dangerous or incon- 
venient. 

Sec. II. Vaults or tombs will be permitted, provided they 
are built under ground, except at the entrance, constructed of 
durable materials, and fitted up in a tight and substantial man- 
ner, with catacombs which shall be sealed up with hard brick 
or other suitable material which the Trustees shall approve, 
laid in cement, immediately after the deposit of bodies therein. 
The entrance of all vaults and tombs shall be provided with 
one or more stone or metal doors. But no tomb or vault shall 
be constructed within the cemetery except on such lots and in 



32 HISTORY OF 

such places as shall be especially designated by the Trustees 
for that purpose. 

Sec. 12. In the erection of vaults, tombs, monuments, rail- 
ings or other structures, the persons erecting them shall not 
allow any stone, brick, earth, or other materials to encumber 
the grounds longer than is absolutely necessary; and they must 
be removed and deposited under the direction of the Superin- 
tendent, and at the expense of the proprietor of the lot on 
which the structure has been reared. 

Sec. 13. Proprietors shall not allow interments to be made 
upon their lots for remuneration, nor shall any sale or transfer 
of a lot be made for profit. 

Sec. 14. Any owner of a lot wishing to have it kept in per- 
petual repair, may for that purpose deposit funds with the 
Trustees, who shall give a deed of trust for the funds, and as- 
sume the duties and responsibilities. 

RESPECTING INTERMENTS. 

All lot owners desiring graves dug are requested to apply 
to the Sexton. In case of adults, the graves must be at least 
five feet deep. 

They are also required to procure of the Secretary and fill 
out a blank, and return the same to him, of which the follow- 
ing is a copy: 

EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 

Please append correct answers to the following: 

Name of deceased 

Date of Birth Place of Birth 

Late Residence Date of Decease 

Date of Interment Disease 

Parents Lot No 

Rt:SPECTING VISITORS. 

Sec. I. No person shall be allowed to ride or drive on this 
ground faster than a walk. Neither may any horse be left by 
the driver or rider unfastened. Neither may any horse be 
fastened to any tree or shrub, or enclosure of a lot. 

Sec. 2. Driving upon lots, or the borders of lots is strictly 
prohibited. 

Sec. 3. All persons are prohibited: 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. jj 

1. From picking any flower, either wild or cultivated. 

2. From cutting, breaking, marking or injuring any tree, 
shrub, herb, or other object, whether upon the cultivated part 
or the bank adjacent. 

3. From writing upon, defacing or injuring any monu- 
ment, stone, fence, enclosure, or other structure, in or belong- 
ing to the cemetery. 

4. From entering any individual's enclosure without the 
leave of the owner. 

5. From passing over lots, and from walking in any part of 
the grounds elsewhere than in the proper roads and walks. 

6. From running, jumping, the playing of games, or other 
practice that might indicate a want of reverence for the place, 
or in any way disturb the quiet and good order of the same. 

It is especially desirable that children visiting the grounds 
be attended by their parents, or some suitable person, who 
shall be responsible for their conduct and observance of the 
rules. 

It is of the utmost importance that there should be a strict 
observance of all the proprieties due the place, whether em- 
braced in these regulations or not. Proper decorum should at 
all times characterize the place sacredl}' devoted and conse- 
crated to the interment of the dead. 

" Home of the coming dead! 
The spot whereon v^e tread 

Is hallowed ground; 
Here earth. In sacred trust. 
Shall hold their sleeping dust, 
Until her bonds they burst, 

And rise unbound. 

Here shall the w eary rest, 
And souls, with woe oppressed, 

No more shall weep; 
And youth and age shall come. 
And beauty in her bloom, 
And manhood to the tomb; 

Sweet be their sleep. 



34 HISTORY OF 

Around their lowly bed 

Shall flowers their fragrance shed, 

And birds shall sing; 
On every verdant mound 
Love's offering shall be found, 
And sighing trees around 

Their shadows fling. 

And there's a holier light! 
Hope, with her taper bright, 

On every tomb, 
Points upward to the sky — 
There every tear is dry, 
There is no mourner's sigh, 

Nor death, nor gloom." 



SECTION 647 OF THE PENAL CODE. 

"A person who, not being the owner thereof, and without 
lawful authority, willfully injures, disfigures, removes, or des- 
troys a grave-stone, monument, work of art, or useful or orna- 
mental improvement, or any shade-tree or ornamental plant, 
whether situated upon private ground, or upon a street, road, 
or sidewalk, cemetery, or public park or place; or removes 
from any grave in a cemetery, any flowers, memorials, or other 
tokens of affection, or other thing connected with them, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor." 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 
LIST OF LOT-OWNERS. 



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1 Thomas Spear. 

2 Wm. Strong-,' Heirs of 

3 Anne Mallory, N. part. 

3 Stillnian Fairbanks, S. part 

4 Phillip Link. 

5 W. W. Rood, Heirs of 



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7 

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9 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

15 

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18 

19 

20 

21 



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25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 

31 



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M. M. Wagoner. 

Otis Harris. 

Jo. Duiiurst. 

Henry Duiiurst. 

Edwin Duhurst. 

Sebastian Loun. 

James Irvin. 

James Austin. 

Jnlni M. Irvin. 

Elijah Montague. 

Barnabas Bartram, N. P. 

Benjamin E. Gossett, S. P. 

Thomas Hart, Heirs of 

Electa Biirnell, Heirs of 

Homer Hall. 

John Hose. 

Eliza Hall, Heirs of 

Orton Clark. 

J. W. Billings. 

Ezra Edmunds, Heirs of 

James Sylvester. 

Lewis Elhs. 

Daniel Totman. 

Chauncey Pierpont. 

D. B. Dorset t. 

Abigal llodgers 

P. E. Sheldon. 



Lyman F. Fisher. 

A. W. Andrus. 

Thomas EwarL. 

Henry A. Kirk. 

John D. Bargar. 

John H. Slioemaker, X. P. 

Lntiier Lewis, S. P. 

H. P. Hall. 

15. W. Field. 

Perez Dewoy. 

Henrv Pevnolds. 



42 Venner Edmunds. 

43 Alonzo Lang wort by. 

44 T. D. Copp. 

45 Ebenezer Moon. 
40 James M. Copp. 

47 William Tugwell. 

48 E. B. McAllister. 

49 S. M. Xewton. 

50 W. W. Henderson. 

51 John Pearson. 

52 John Pearson. 

53 Terry Family. 

54 Allen Link. 

55 A. Bial Copeland, Heirs of, X. P. 

55 R. P. Robertson, S. P. 

56 Sally Kimball. 

57 X^elson Chase. 

58 Ell as Bargar. 

59 E. 0. Bargar, Heirs of 

60 Fordyce Sylvester. 

61 William Reed. 

62 Bela B. Lord. 

63 Bela B. Lord. 

64 Leonard Phillips. 

65 Obed Edson. 

66 Obed Edson. 

67 C. F. Chapman. 

68 N. E. ISargar. 

09 Duane Terry. X. P. 

69 J. Terry, S. P. 

70 F. & M. McCu Hough. 

71 Robert Lenox, X. P. 

71 James Harmon, S. P. 

72 Z. H. & A. Pliillips. 

73 Albert Lee. 

74 Sheldon and David Torry. 

75 Monroe Young. 

76 Caroline p]. Burlingame. 

77 Westoby Bargar. 

78 Forbes Johnson. 

79 E. H. Edson. 

80 Alfred Harvey. 

81 Owen Cleland, heirs of 

82 Frank Harvey. 

83 M. C. Frisbee. 

84 Thomas Thompson. 

85 Sylvaiius R. Ward. 

86 Henry Dnnliar, heirs of 



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87 Alvin Billings. 

88 J. W. Sisson. 

89 Mrs. N. Osborne. 

90 Samuel Briggs. Heirs of 

91 W. G. Olrastead, E. P. 



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92 



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96 

97 

98 
99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

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119 

120 



Calvin W. Cutting. 
William H. Hall. 
A. H. Baker. 

Harrison and Albert Wood. 
Allen Ilobertson. 
William H. Scott. 
Volney Patterson. 
Osmon Johnson. 
George S. Harrison. 
Stephen Warner, Heirs of 
William Warner, Heirs of 
Samuel Hunt, 
.lames Bates. 
Frank Burns. 



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122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 

136 

137 
138 
139 
140 

141 
142 
143 

144 

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147 
148 

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William Shannon. 
James Shannon. 
David McClaren. 
George W. Sinclear. 
John F. Pheijis. 



A. W. Sornberger. 
James R. Brown. 
John Lnc". Heirs of 



James Johnson. 
Elmer Eldridge. 



George W. Chase. 
Jaeob Jones. 



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Orren Torry. 
John Lynch. 
F. M. Pickard. 
Frank Terry. 
Biohard Thomiison. 



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159 
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161 

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164 



Lyman \m\\. 
Justin Rider, Heirs of 
Sylvester Lnce. 
Anson R. Day. 
W. H. Kellev. 



Fred Kelley, N. P. 
Sidney W. Littlefield. 
G. R. Miithewson, N. P. 
Richard Hurlev, S. P. 



165 

165 

165 

166 

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166 William lUiss, Heirs of, S. P. 

167 

167 

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168 David Luce, N. P. 
IGS C. Y. Fisher, M. P. 

16S 

1G<J John Snlly, N. P. 

\m M. W. Shedd and J. K. Clarke, S. 1 

170 

171 Noah Miller. 

171 Snyder. 

172 E. F. Patterson. 
17.3 William H. Riicel. 

174 C. Morse. 

175 William Ifeppnor. 

175 F. Holtz. 

176 Edward Faulhaber. 

177 Henry Forstbauer. 

178 Charles Berghefer. 
170 Chauncey Dibble. 

180 William Cipperley. 

181 William H. Fox. 

182 ^Lartin P.. (^-aw. 



183 Ernest Heppner. 

183 Newvanor. 

183 Lewis and Hannah Rriggs. 

183 John Nichols, N. P. 

184 Horace Dibble. 

185 John McAllister. 
180 John Sloan. 

187 John Peck. 

188 D. Sherman. 

189 Asa Case. 

190 Ebenezer Skinner. 

191 Rev. Chester Carpenter. 
191 Dea. Dyer Carpenter. 
191 J. A. Clark. 

191 

191 

192 David Ames. 

192 David Cntnniings. 



192 

193 David Sheldon. 
193 Hawley Green. 

il94 Henry Sornberger. 
195 Rev N. H. Barnes. 

195 Rev. C. S. Jennings. 

jl95 

196 John Bowen. 
196 Erastns Bown. 



196 

197 Josepii Andrews. 

198 ]51ytbe Harper. 

198 

199 George Clark. 
20f» Nelson. 

200 Clint Tibbets. 

201 James Cobb. 
201 William Cobb. 
201 Dwvid ("obb. 

201 

201 

201 

202 

203 William Potter. 



HISTORY OF 



203 
203 
203 

203 

203 



Joseph Goodricli. 

Spencer. 
Sylvaniis Lord. 



203 

204 Aden Wiiit. 

204 George Wait 

205 William M. Lucns. 

206 Elijah Newton. 
206 Abe Newton. 
206 E. Williams. 



206 



206 



206 

207 Jonathan Bellows. 

208 Asa Dunbar. 
208 Royal Wells^. 

208 George W. Green. 
208 Nathan Arnold. 
208 Moses Cami)bell. 



208 

209 Cyrus Smith. 

210 Appleton Whitncj. 

211 B. Shirtlitr. 

212 Justus Torry. 
212 Firman Torry. 
212 Ovrns Torrv. 



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212 
212 



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215 

215 
216 
218 
219 
220 
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222 
223 
224 
225 
226 
226 
226 



Dr. A. A. Stone. 
Ebenezer Brown. 

Whitmore. 
John M. Brunson. 
Robert LeGrys. 
M. Young. 
H. Ferguson. 
David Dalrymple. 
Charles Cummings. 
James Prentice. 
George W. Elliott. 
David Sinclair. 
James Elliott. 



226 



226 



226 



226 



Mavnard. 



227 John Thorn. 
227 :Mark Crawford. 



228 



I'arsons. 



212 

213 William Harper. 



!22S 

J229 O. Williams. 
'229 Caleb Winn. 
I229 .Tames Thompson. 
'229 Stewart. 



213 

214 Perry layman. 

215 Ira P. Langwortby, 
215 Mrs. S. French. 

215 



229 



229 

230 Samuel Brunson. 
230 Amasa Dingley. 
230 Denison. 
2.30 Melzor Hunt. 

230 



EVERGREEN CEMETERY. 



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231 George W. Sinclair. 

232 Judge J. M. Edsoii. 
232 Major Sinclear. 



233 

233 



233 

234 George Thornton. 

235 Hudson ^latliows 
230 William Wait. 



Zo< 

238 James Pierce. 
238 f;liarles Pierce. 
230 Gorham Hunt. 



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239 
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>fartin. 



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240 

240 

240 

240 
241 
242 
243 
244 
245 
245 

245 

245 
246 

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246 
247 

248 
248 

248 



George Dingley. 
Albert Richmond. 
Jacob Tiangworthy. 
Alonzo Prown. 
Aaron ^ loo re. 
Mrs. George Puce. 



Mrs. W. Tucker, S. end. 
Walter Lenox. 



Blythe Harper. 

David Palmer, 
^fanlev. 



249 Ulyssio Tracy. 
249 Rev. Gall. 
249 William Hall. 



249 



249 



250 

251 John Maynard. 
151 John Edmunds. 

252 Nate Newton. 

253 C. AV. Hedges. 
154 J. B. Catlin. 

254 William (Ueason. 

255 Harrison Nichols. 

256 St. John. 

257 John P\ Wood. 
257 .John Moon. 

257 William Svlvester. 



258 Riley Putnam. 

259 Richard Brock. 
2G0 M. D. Burlingame. 
261 Wisner Nichols. 
202 John Reed. 

263 ])r. Henry Hedges. 

264 Abram Reynolds. 
205 Lasells. 

2<K> ^[rs. Marsden. 



206 

207 Charles Moon. 

268 Harvey Moody, 

269 James Parsons. 

270 E. Hooper. 

271 John Dav. 



272 

273 Samuel Parker. 

274 .Tames Bristow. 

275 David Sackett. 
270 Julius Elliott. 
277 F. W. Kirk. 



278 Thomas Erwin. 

279 Garvin Learmoth. 

280 George and James Richmond. 

281 Dudley Nichols. 

282 Heman Kilburn. 
1283 Stone. 



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283 Simeon Kilton. 
283 



HISTORY OF 



283 

284 Dayicl Rider. 

285 Isaac Millen. 



285 

286 Worthy Putnam. 

287 W. H. Taylor. 

288 C. J. Allen. 

289 Alfred Austin. 

290 Benjamin Fisher. 

290 Eliab Wilcox. 

291 Calvin Huntington. 

292 John Trusler. 

293 Thomas Trusler. 

294 Joel Ward. 

295 Jesse Walker. 

296 J. B. Rice. 

297 John McNaugliton. 

298 Thomas Dickinson. 

299 Elisiia Baker. 

300 Hiram Shaw. 

301 J. H. Bennett. 

302 Hiram Waterman. 

302 Gales. 

303 Lavina Allen. 



S03 

304 Samuel Doty. 

305 A. H. Doty. 

306 Melzer Sylvester. 

307 Henry Sylvester. 

308 Liscomb Stevens. 



308 

.309 Nelson Mitchell. 

310 Thomas Spiking. 

311 E. M. Peck. 

312 H. Almy. 

313 J. L. Arnold. 

314 Myron Montague. 

315 Chester Merchant. 



315 

316 George Lenox. 



318 Joseph Colensn. 

319 Daniel Kellv. 



319 Horace Kelly. 

320 Clesby's Child. 



320 

321 Erastus Fox. 



321 

322 Amos Tompkins. 

323 William Johnson. 



323 
324 
325 
326 
327 
328 
329 
330 
331 
332 
333 
334 
335 
336 
337 
338 
339 
340 
341 
342 



Cliarles Langworthy. 
Charles Young. 
Daniel Pettis. 
Walter Fox. 
A. Snyder. 
Wasliburn Cook. 
Truman Cook. 
^Irs. Bottom. 
Joiin Bloomer. 

Palmcter. 
F. Wheeler. 

Wait. 
J. W. Link. 
Isaac Heath. 
Walter Lenox. 
Cornelius Nichols. 
Leonard Eldridge. 
John Trusler. 
James Trusler. 



.342)^ 

343 Amos Rice. 

344 David Stevens. 

345 George Tackley. 

346 Tompsett. 
:)47 Carlie Copp. 

348 Sylvenus Norton. 

349 Charles Cross. 
;50 Lemuel Cross. 

351 Ambrose Brown. 

352 Lyman vVndrus. 

353 William Cross. 

354 Mrs. Day. 

355 M. J. Hitchcock. 

356 Bacon. 

357 0. VanYleck. 

358 C. T. Huntington. 



358 

359 Braman. 
.360 Bennett. 



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ERRATA. 

Pac;c 4. The line "Alonzo Lang\vorth}\ Sccretan- from 
Feb. 19, 1S70, until June 17, 1S71," should be stricken out. as 
Mr. Langwoi-thy was not then .Secretar\\ 

In the line follovv'incj. for the words. "June 17, 1871." read 
"Feb. 19. 1870." 



